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| 2 | International estimates of infertility prevalence and treatment-seeking: potential need and demand for infertility medical care | Human Reproduction | 2007 | 1,652 |
| 3 | Testicular dysgenesis syndrome: an increasingly common developmental disorder with environmental aspects: Opinion | Human Reproduction | 2001 | 1,620 |
| 4 | ESHRE guideline: management of women with endometriosis | Human Reproduction | 2014 | 1,567 |
| 5 | The Istanbul consensus workshop on embryo assessment: proceedings of an expert meeting | Human Reproduction | 2011 | 1,500 |
| 6 | ESHRE consensus on the definition of 'poor response' to ovarian stimulation for in vitro fertilization: the Bologna criteria | Human Reproduction | 2011 | 1,396 |
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| 8 | The ratio of 2nd to 4th digit length: a predictor of sperm numbers and concentrations of testosterone, luteinizing hormone and oestrogen | Human Reproduction | 1998 | 1,178 |
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| 14 | Accelerated disappearance of ovarian follicles in mid-life: implications for forecasting menopause | Human Reproduction | 1992 | 973 |
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| 16 | The burden of endometriosis: costs and quality of life of women with endometriosis and treated in referral centres | Human Reproduction | 2012 | 798 |
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| 19 | Serum anti-Mullerian hormone levels: a novel measure of ovarian reserve | Human Reproduction | 2002 | 718 |
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| 21 | Qualitative research methods: when to use them and how to judge them | Human Reproduction | 2016 | 704 |
| 22 | Determination of bisphenol A concentrations in human biological fluids reveals significant early prenatal exposure | Human Reproduction | 2002 | 688 |
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| 24 | The use of morphokinetics as a predictor of embryo implantation | Human Reproduction | 2011 | 654 |
| 25 | Testicular sperm extraction: microdissection improves sperm yield with minimal tissue excision | Human Reproduction | 1999 | 625 |
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| 27 | Restoration of fertility to oophorectomized sheep by ovarian autografts stored at-196°C | Human Reproduction | 1994 | 588 |
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| 29 | A prospective randomized trial of blastocyst culture and transfer in in- vitro fertilization | Human Reproduction | 1998 | 557 |
| 30 | The evaluation of morphological characteristics of human spermatozoa according to stricter criteria | Human Reproduction | 1990 | 547 |
| 31 | Women with polycystic ovary syndrome have intrinsic insulin resistance on euglycaemic-hyperinsulaemic clamp | Human Reproduction | 2013 | 543 |
| 32 | The ESHRE/ESGE consensus on the classification of female genital tract congenital anomalies | Human Reproduction | 2013 | 539 |
| 33 | Dynamics of follicular growth in the human: a model from preliminary results | Human Reproduction | 1986 | 514 |
| 34 | Reproductive impact of congenital Mullerian anomalies | Human Reproduction | 1997 | 510 |
| 35 | Fertilization and early embryolgoy: ATP content of human oocytes and developmental potential and outcome after in-vitro fertilization and embryo transfer | Human Reproduction | 1995 | 504 |
| 36 | Tribute to Patrick Steptoe: beginnings of laparoscopy | Human Reproduction | 1989 | 501 |
| 37 | Sperm DNA integrity assessment in prediction of assisted reproduction technology outcome | Human Reproduction | 2007 | 494 |
| 38 | Sites of ectopic pregnancy: a 10 year population-based study of 1800 cases | Human Reproduction | 2002 | 491 |
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| 40 | Weight loss in obese infertile women results in improvement in reproductive outcome for all forms of fertility treatment | Human Reproduction | 1998 | 489 |
| 41 | Serum anti-Mullerian hormone is more strongly related to ovarian follicular status than serum inhibin B, estradiol, FSH and LH on day 3 | Human Reproduction | 2003 | 473 |
| 42 | Pregnancies after testicular sperm extraction and intracytoplasmic sperm injection in non-obstructive azoospermia | Human Reproduction | 1995 | 472 |
| 43 | World Endometriosis Society consensus on the classification of endometriosis | Human Reproduction | 2017 | 462 |
| 44 | Granulated lymphocytes in human endometrium: histochemical and immunohistochemical studies | Human Reproduction | 1991 | 458 |
| 45 | Anatomical distribution of deeply infiltrating endometriosis: surgical implications and proposition for a classification | Human Reproduction | 2003 | 452 |
| 46 | Higher success rate by intracytoplasmic sperm injection than by subzonal insemination. Report of a second series of 300 consecutive treatment cycles | Human Reproduction | 1993 | 445 |
| 47 | Isolation of human multipotent mesenchymal stem cells from second-trimester amniotic fluid using a novel two-stage culture protocol | Human Reproduction | 2004 | 443 |
| 48 | SHORT COMMUNICATION: The cumulative embryo score: a predictive embryo scoring technique to select the optimal number of embryos to transfer in an in-vitro fertilization and embryo transfer programme | Human Reproduction | 1992 | 441 |
| 49 | Assisted reproductive technologies and the risk of birth defects—a systematic review | Human Reproduction | 2005 | 441 |
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